KNOWLES, CHARLES JAMES (2 son of James Knowles of Greenhead,
Yorkshire). _b._ Greenhead 1798; barrister M.T. 7 Nov. 1823,
bencher 1841 to death; Q.C. 6 July 1841; attorney general for
Duchy of Lancaster, Feb. 1846 to 1861. _d._ Hurst Green, Sussex
12 Feb. 1867.
KNOWLES, EDWARD. _b._ Gravesend; captain of the Northfleet 895
tons, emigrant ship which was run down about two miles off
Dungeness on her way from London to Hobart Town by the Spanish
steamer Murillo 22 Jany. 1873, when only 85 persons were saved
out of 412 passengers and crew; _m._ 4 Dec. 1872 Frederica
Louisa Markham, she was granted civil list pension of £50 1
March 1873; he went down in the Northfleet 22 Jany. 1873.
_Annual Register_ (1873) 9–15.
KNOWLES, EMMA MARIAN MAUDE (dau. of Mr. Elphinstone). _b._
London about 1808; pupil of James Sheridan Knowles the actor;
first appeared in America 26 Aug. 1834 at Arch st. theatre,
Philadelphia as Juliet; returned to England 1836; played in
William Tell, The Hunchback and several other of J. S. Knowles’s
plays at T.R. Dublin from 4 April 1836; played at Glasgow 1837
and 1838; played Meeta in J. S. Knowles’s drama The Maid of
Mariendorpt at Haymarket theatre, London 9 Oct. 1838; (_m._ 1842
J. S. Knowles the dramatist); left all her husband’s manuscripts
to Mary Knowles Rice. She _d._ 29 North bank, Regent’s park,
London 10 May 1888. _R. B. Knowles’s Life of J. S. Knowles_
(1872) 133; _F. Harvey’s Genealogical table of the families of
... Knowles_ (1875).
KNOWLES, SIR FRANCIS CHARLES, 3 Baronet (only son of admiral
sir Charles Henry Knowles, 2 baronet 1754–1831). _b._ 10 June
1802; ed. Trin. coll. Camb., 22 wrangler and B.A. 1825, M.A.
1828; F.R.S. 4 March 1830; F.S.A.; barrister L.I. 28 Jany.
1834; gained Telford prize 1872 for an intricate mathematical
problem; author of History of the Shaftesbury election 1830;
The supplement to the reform act of 1832, a proposal for the
extension of the representation 1864. _d._ 50 York st. Portman
sq. London 19 March 1892. _bur._ cemetery of St. Nicholas,
Guildford 25 March. _The Daily Graphic 24 March 1892 p._ 9,
_portrait_.
KNOWLES, JAMES SHERIDAN (only son of James Knowles the
lexicographer 1759–1840). _b._ Anne st. Cork 12 May 1784;
removed with his parents to London 1793; wrote the Welsh Harper,
one of the popular ballads of the day 1798; ensign in 2nd
regiment of Tower Hamlets militia 25 Jany. 1805 to 25 July 1806;
M.D. Aberdeen 1806; vaccinator of Jennerian Soc. Salisbury sq.
London 1806; first appeared on the stage at Crow st. theatre,
Dublin 1808; acted in Cherry’s company at Waterford and Swansea
1809–11; taught elocution at Mrs. Chapman’s school, Belfast
1813–5; kept a school at Glasgow 1817–29; partner with Mr.
Northhouse in the Free Press newspaper, Glasgow 1821–4; first
appeared in London at Covent Garden 5 April 1832 as Master
Walter in The Hunchback, made his début in U.S. of A. 29 Sep.
1834 in the same part; lectured at various places on rhetoric,
&c.; granted civil list pension of £200, 14 July 1848; converted
and became a Baptist preacher June 1853, drew large audiences to
Exeter Hall; his best known plays were Cains Gracchus produced
at Belfast 13 Feb. 1815, Virginius at Glasgow 1819 and at
Covent Garden 17 May 1820, The Hunchback at Covent Garden 5
April 1832, The Wife at Covent Garden 24 April 1833 in which he
played Julian St. Pierre, The Love Chase at Haymarket 10 Oct.
1837, Woman’s Wit or love’s disguises at Covent Garden 23 May
1838; author of The Magdalen and other tales 1832; The life of
Edmund Kean, Esq. tragedian 1833; George Lovell, a novel 3 vols.
1846; Fortescue, a novel 3 vols. 1847; The Rock of Rome or the
arch-heresy 1849; The Idol demolished by its own priest 1851;
The Gospel attributed to Matthew is the record of the whole
original apostlehood 1855. _d._ Higher terrace, Torquay 30 Nov.